Preface:

The University of Georgia Marine Institute publication “A Sapelo Island Handbook” has been out of print since mid 1998. The print edition was last reprinted in 1990, and the following version is at the moment a slightly edited "electronic" 2nd edition (therefore an eHandbook) that is now available through the UGA Marine Institute Web Site. You are welcome to down load and utilize this material for non-commercial purposes only.

This revised electronic version is a work in progress, but the original publication and this information is also regularly requested by Sapelo Island visitors so for the moment a current draft will be maintained on our web site. I plan to slowly add additional references and “hot links” to various web sites as well as continue to update some of the written material. At the moment the text below does not include figures or photos, updated ones will be added at a later date. The text below will generally be the edited content from the original printed edition and the majority of added material will be "links" to updated

Last, the Marine Institute is always looking for help and ncouragement, any comments, critiques, or reasonable

Jon Garbisch, Educational Program Specialist
UGA Marine Institute
Sapelo Island, GA

12/22/2001

Index

A Brief History of Sapelo Island

• GEOLOGY
• THE INDIANS
• THE SPANISH
• THE BRITISH
• THE FRENCH
• THOMAS SPALDING
• HOWARD COFFIN
• RICHARD J. REYNOLDS
• MARINE INSTITUTE

Areas of Special Interest

• THE CONTINENTAL SHELF/NEARSHORE
• THE ISLAND’S SEAWARD MARGIN
  • THE BEACHES
  • RACCOON BLUFF – A RELICT BEACH
  • THE DUNES

THE ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT

• DOBOY SOUND
• THE DUPLIN RIVER
• THE SMALLER TIDAL CREEKS
• THE SALTMARSH

THE ISLAND

• THE FORESTS
• THE DUCKPOND AREA
• THE GRASSLANDS
• MAN-MADE MODIFICATIONS
• THE BIRDS
• THE R.J. REYNOLDS WILDLIFE REFUGE
• THE SAPELO ISLAND NATIONAL ESTUARINE SANCTUARY

Appendix: THE SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS OF THE MARINE INSTITUTE

• AN HISTORICAL OVER-VIEW OF RESEARCH AT THE MARINE INSTITUTUTE
• RESIDENT FACULTY
• NON-RESIDENT RESEARCHERS
• The GCE-LTER PROGRAM

List of Figures and Photographs:

• Original front cover
• Original title page
• Regional map
• Map showing Federal, State of Georgia, and privately managed properties
• Map of Sapelo Island (including, Blackbeard, Cabretta, and Nannygoat Islands)
• Map of the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR)
• Geology
• Shell ring and other native american artifacts
• Spalding structures and other tabby ruins
• Spalding / Coffin / Reynolds house
• Marine Institute grounds
• Diagram of the sand sharing system
• Diagram of the nearshore paradigm (offshore to back dune)
• Doboy Sound
• Diagram of the esturine paradigm (channel to upland)
• Photos of the esturine / saltmarsh environment around Sapelo Island
• Aerial photos of the Sapelo Island region
• Photos of Sapelo Island upland environments
• Photos of reasearch and research areas around Sapelo Island
• Average annual rain fall and temperature graphs
• Regional map showing GCE-LTER research / sample sites

The original print edition was produced by Barbara Kinsey for the University of Georgia Marine Institute, and funded by the Sapelo Foundation (formerly the Sapelo Island Research Foundation).